0000919574-13-005584.txt : 20131022 0000919574-13-005584.hdr.sgml : 20131022 20130920123102 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000919574-13-005584 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130920 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Paragon Shipping Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001401112 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 KARAMANLI AVE STREET 2: GR 166 73 CITY: VOULA STATE: J3 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 011-30-210-891-4600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 KARAMANLI AVE STREET 2: GR 166 73 CITY: VOULA STATE: J3 ZIP: 00000 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm d1414870_corresp.htm
Paragon Shipping Inc.
15, Karamanli Avenue
Voula 16673
Athens, Greece


             September 20, 2013
BY EDGAR

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
One Station Place
100 F Street N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Max A. Webb, Ada Sarmento

 
Re:
Paragon Shipping Inc.
 
Registration Statement on Form F-1 (No. 333-187996)

  Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned registrant hereby requests that the effectiveness of the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form F-1 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on April 18, 2013, as amended, be accelerated so that it will be made effective at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on September 23, 2013, or as soon thereafter as practicable, pursuant to Rule 461(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act").
 
The undersigned registrant hereby acknowledges that (i) should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; (ii) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the undersigned registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and (iii) the undersigned registrant may not assert the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
 
The undersigned registrant is aware of its obligations under the Act.
 
             Yours faithfully,
 
             PARAGON SHIPPING INC.


             By:  /s/ Robert Perri                                
             Name: Robert Perri
             Title:   Chief Financial Officer